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OCP Global Summit--Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) today announced the Arista
7360X Series, a radically new and disruptive platform that doubles
system density while reducing power consumption and cost. By doubling
the network diameter, customers can address the demand for higher
bandwidth with reduced leaf-spine tiers while lowering both capex and
opex.

Cloud providers now have the ability to migrate to higher performance
100G or 400G while leveraging Arista
EOS™ (Extensible Operating System) for single image consistency
across the network. The Arista 7368X4 has pioneered the concept of an
open platform. It provides choice, scale, customization and efficiency
savings that simplify cloud network designs.

“The Arista solution has helped Facebook
to gain significant improvements in power and space efficiency, reducing
the number of switch chips in the network stack and allowing power to be
freed up for compute resources,” said Najam Ahmad, Vice President
Network Engineering for Facebook. “Having both an internally developed
Minipack and the Arista solution allows Facebook to remain
multi-sourced, with an option to run Arista EOS or FBOSS on both, where
either system can be deployed in multiple tiers of networks.”

Arista and Facebook engineering teams collaborated in the development of
the system, enabling full manageability via FBOSS (Facebook Open
Switching Software), controlling power and thermal efficiency along with
the control plane.

The novel platform is a compact, four rack unit design and all active
components are removable. It delivers a 50% improvement in density
compared to traditional modular systems with a 60% reduction in power at
under 10 watts per 100G port. Standards-based, the system comes with
support for 100G QSFP and 400G OSFP or QSFP-DD optics and cables. Arista
EOS delivers the advanced traffic management, automation and telemetry
features needed to build and maintain modern cloud networks.

“The Arista 7368X4 Series is a first in the networking industry. The
product involved close collaboration by two talented engineering teams,
resulting in a better outcome than each team designing in their own
silo,” said Anshul Sadana, Chief Operating Officer for Arista Networks.

The Arista 7368X4 Series is available in the following configuration:

8-Slot modular system with a choice of 100G and 400G modules based on
industry standard interfaces and support for EOS.

Pricing and Availability

The new high density product is shipping now in volume with 100G
interfaces. Price per 100G port is under $600, supporting the growth of
100G and 400G datacenter networks.

ARISTA, EOS, and CloudVision are among the registered and unregistered
trademarks of Arista Networks, Inc. in jurisdictions around the world.
Other company names or product names may be trademarks of their
respective owners. Additional information and resources can be found at www.arista.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but
not limited to, statements regarding the benefits and best practices
utilized in the design and implementation of Arista's EOS and
CloudVision software and the enablement of cost savings, security
capabilities, more performance and efficiency. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results
to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements including: our limited operating history and experience with
developing and releasing new products; product, support or service
quality problems; rapidly evolving changes in technology, customer
requirements and industry standards as well as other risks stated in our
filings with the SEC available on Arista's website at www.arista.com
and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Arista disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances
that exist after the date on which they were made.

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